---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- ELECTRICIANS"
description: "Amends the state's apprenticeship laws to make them more consistent with applicable federal regulations and makes said laws more comprehendible and consistent with each other."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2469"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2469 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bissaillon", "Britto"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-12"
last_action: "2024-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6a469b9-4178-464c-8397-8848f2834cb0"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "3db3fe76578a062c72c52a7f89901ba3231d560e07166bfe055e521ab64e8129"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
---

# Rhode Island SB 2469 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- ELECTRICIANS

Amends the state's apprenticeship laws to make them more consistent with applicable federal regulations and makes said laws more comprehendible and consistent with each other.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **2469 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2469Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Approval of Amendment — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bissaillon — primary (person)
- Britto — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-02-12** 02/12/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-15** 03/15/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/20/2024)
- **2024-03-20** 03/20/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-05-10** 05/10/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/15/2024)
- **2024-05-14** 05/14/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-05-15** 05/15/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-16** 05/16/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/23/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-23** 05/23/2024 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Referred to House Labor `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/05/2024)
- **2024-06-05** 06/05/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-20** 06/20/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-25** 06/25/2024 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b6a469b9-4178-464c-8397-8848f2834cb0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).